Chapter 242: Caught Again
When the people who were scrambling for the smoked chicken saw the soldiers, they all scattered. Other refugees on the street also hurriedly looked for places to hide, fearing that they would cause trouble.

"The king has ordered the opening of porridge stalls in Dashang. Anyone fleeing famine can get a bowl of porridge." The official on horseback shouted loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the refugees who had been hiding here and there gathered around him, their eyes shining.

"The king really wants to give us food?"

"Great, there's food!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

……

"It turns out that King Zhou also provided disaster relief." Liu Ziluan shook his head in disbelief.

"Okay, okay, as long as someone provides disaster relief, the refugees will not cause trouble everywhere, and we will be safer. Let's go." Su Jiahe pushed down his straw hat and held He Shuangqing and Daji tightly.

The group continued along the road towards Chaoge. Within ten miles, they saw a porridge shed. Disaster victims lined up in a long queue, waiting for porridge.

Su Jiahe walked to the door of the porridge shed and saw several large pots inside with white steam coming out of the pots.

"I heard that the Shang Dynasty suffered a poor harvest and the treasury was empty. How did the King of Shang allocate so much grain to provide disaster relief?" Jiang Taigong frowned as he watched the refugees receiving porridge in an orderly manner.

A woman wrapped in sackcloth, holding porridge in a broken clay pot, had just walked out of the porridge stall and happened to pass by Su Jiahe and others. Su Jiahe took a look into the clay pot and saw that it was filled with golden rice soup.

"What kind of porridge are you making?" Daji leaned over and asked, but the woman thought Daji was going to snatch her porridge, so she quickly lowered her head and walked away.

"You guys, line up at the back." An officer who was maintaining order suddenly came over and drove a few people away.

"Sister Su, I just saw clearly that the man took away corn porridge." Daji walked aside and said in a low voice.

"Yes, I smelled it too. It's corn grits porridge." Wang Mang looked mysterious. "There are definitely other time travelers here. Someone is supporting the Shang Dynasty."

"I don't know how long the other time travelers have been here. Jiang Taigong, have you heard of any unusual things in Da Shang before?" Su Jiahe asked.

"No, I have never heard of it." Jiang Taigong also looked confused.

"It's possible that they have just arrived. I didn't expect that besides us, there are other people who can travel through time. I wonder which era they are from and how they got here." Wang Mang muttered to himself with his head down.

The group continued to move towards Chaoge. In the next few days, they saw significantly fewer refugees, which seemed to indicate that the disaster relief was effective.

After a month of traveling day and night, Su Jiahe and others finally arrived at the city of Chaoge.

The city gate of Chaoge was about three or four meters high and painted a bright red, making it particularly eye-catching. Two soldiers stood at the gate, and everyone entering or leaving had to stop for inspection.

"Brother, what are they investigating?" Wang Mang asked a peddler carrying a load passing by.

"You may not know this yet, but the king has issued an order that all citizens of Dashang must carry a ID card," said the peddler.

"What kind of identity card is this? What should we do if we don't have it?" Wang Mang was stunned.

"You should go to the government office and get one. You can't go anywhere without a passport."

"When did this happen?" Jiang Taigong had come to Da Shang many years ago and had never heard of any photo album.

"It started about last month." The vendor said, then hurried away.

Su Jiahe suddenly remembered that "zhaoshentie" was the Qin Dynasty's name for identity cards.

"This time traveler is quite interesting. He even implemented the Qin system during the Shang Dynasty."

"Is it possible that he is from the Qin Dynasty?" Liu Ziluan rolled his eyes.

"No way, the repeating crossbow appeared during the Three Kingdoms period, and corn was not introduced into the Central Plains until the middle and late Ming Dynasty, so he must have been a person from the Ming and Qing Dynasties." Yingying said seriously.

"What are you guys doing sneaking around?" The soldiers guarding the city gate suddenly noticed a group of people and hurried over.

"We don't have a photo ID yet. Where can we get one?" Jiang Taigong asked calmly.

"Oh? Judging from your accent, you're from Xiqi?"

"Yes, my hometown suffered a natural disaster, and I fled here all the way." Su Jiahe's heart suddenly jumped to his throat. Xiqi and Dashang were at war, and he was afraid that they would not treat people from Xiqi well. However, the soldier did not make trouble, but only asked the people for their names and occupations.

Several people provided identity information that had been fabricated long ago and successfully deceived the officers and soldiers.

"Wait at the door. Someone will take you to get your ID cards."

The few of them waited anxiously for a while, and sure enough, two other officers came and led a group of people into the city gate.

"The service here is so thoughtful. There is even someone to lead the way when you apply for an ID card." Wang Mang said in a low voice with some surprise.

"Sister Su." Yingying suddenly grabbed Su Jiahe's arm, winked and shook her head.

Su Jiahe immediately realized that there was something fishy going on, so he stopped.

"Why don't you leave?" the officer asked impatiently.

When the others saw Su Jiahe's reaction, they guessed something and were about to turn around and run away when a group of guards with swords rushed out from both sides of the road and blocked their way.

"Everyone, come with us. The king has been waiting for you for a long time." An old man with white hair and beard walked slowly over and got on the carriage after speaking.

The old man's carriage was very spacious, and there was a man sitting in it, wearing a cloak and covering his face with a straw hat.

The guards formed a circle, escorting the group and following behind the carriage.

"What bad luck! I was exposed so quickly." Wang Mang muttered softly.

"Brother Wang, do you have the Time Certificate?" Su Jiahe whispered to Wang Mang.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? We can travel to another dimension first, then we can escape."

Wang Mang reached into his clothes and felt around for a while, then his expression suddenly froze.

"Oh no, where's the Time Certificate?"

"Brother Wang, you wouldn't have lost the Time Certificate, would you?" Su Jiahe immediately became nervous.

"Impossible! I was carrying that thing with me, how could I have lost it?"

However, Wang Mang searched his entire body but could not find the document.

"Brother Wang, can you be more reliable?" Su Jiahe looked up at the sky in despair.

"It's over. We can't escape. What will King Zhou do to us?" Liu Ziran's legs began to tremble involuntarily.

"Don't be afraid. Even if we die here, we can go back automatically." Su Jiahe comforted softly.

"But what should we do about Jiang Taigong? He originally lived in this dimension. Once he dies, he's dead. He can't go back. It's over. We have implicated Jiang Taigong." Wang Mang almost cried.

"It's okay. I'll eat your salary and relieve your worries. In the past, King Wen's eldest son Bo Yikao died for his purpose of admonishing King Shang. How can I be afraid of death?" Jiang Taigong said calmly.

"Let's not talk about this for now. We've been through so much along the way, and everything will turn out well." Su Jiahe clenched his fists, mentally preparing for the worst.

There are several muskets hidden in the storage ring. If it comes to a life-and-death situation, I can just use the firepower to clear the way and rush out.

Soon, the group was brought to the palace gate. The old man and the mysterious man in the cloak got out of the car and walked into the palace with a few people.

"Are you all Jifa's ministers?" the old man suddenly asked.

"I am Jiang Ziya, the Grand Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They are just commoners who have just arrived in Xiqi." Jiang Taigong generously admitted his identity and tried his best to protect others.

"Jiang Ziya? I've heard of your name for a long time." The old man raised his eyebrows slightly. "I am the Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty and the uncle of the King of Shang."

"Are you Bigan?" Liu Ziluan blurted out.

"A little kid actually knows my name." Bigan looked back with some suspicion.

"Didn't Bigan die by having his heart dug out?" Liu Zixun asked in a low voice.


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